This issue enacts the term "model" in a variety of applications: the mere letter, the idea of literality, typography and terminology – shifting to portrait, shapes of the human to come, design and utopian ways of living. It gives examples of Op-Art (Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley), classical conceptualism (Hanne Darboven) as well as an updated understanding of performance (Geneviève White) and mind game installations (Paulo Bottarelli) ; finally there is a tribute to Sun Ra, the master of nonconformism.